Michigan · Private foundation
Whelan Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $83k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $59,061
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Whelan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $83k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $89k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $102k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $115k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $68k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $66k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $113k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $44k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Health System | $267,261 | 8 | 0% |
| Rose Hill Foundation | $142,110 | 7 | 11% |
| The Grosse Pointe Academy | $47,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $30,401 | 4 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Gamma Phi Delta Sorority Incorporated | $10,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Cancer Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Emeril Lagasse Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grosse Pointe Park Foundation | $6,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Health System | $267,261 | 8 | 0% |
| Rose Hill Foundation | $142,110 | 7 | 11% |
| The Grosse Pointe Academy | $47,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $30,401 | 4 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Gamma Phi Delta Sorority Incorporated | $10,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Cancer Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Emeril Lagasse Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grosse Pointe Park Foundation | $6,000 | 5 | 1% |
| University of Michigan | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pablove Foundation Inc | $3,012 | 4 | 0% |
| Red Sweater Project | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Feeding America | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Club | $2,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Kid Smart | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc | $1,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Eden Centers | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Beaumont Health Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $309 | 1 | 0% |
| Sigma Gamma Foundation | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Sigma Gamma Association | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| House of Providence | $110 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($117k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Whelan Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · St Clair Charitable Trust · Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Whelan Family Foundation
- How much does Whelan Family Foundation give?
- Whelan Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $82,980 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Whelan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (71%), Education (17%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are Whelan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Henry Ford Health System ($267k), Rose Hill Foundation ($142k), The Grosse Pointe Academy ($48k).
- Does Whelan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Whelan Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Whelan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, St Clair Charitable Trust, Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo Foundation.
- Where is Whelan Family Foundation based?
- Whelan Family Foundation is based in MI.
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